1.3 Migration

One of the fundamental steps with building a website is making sure that your data is in the right place. In order to expose all the benefits of reaching an online audience it is essential to remain current especially in the midst of a changing industry, whether you are commencing or continuing to develop your website.Before continuing any website development project, it is important to consider:

1. Whether you are with a suitable web hosting service currently
2. The technological advantages of investing in newer framework for your website
3. Are you gaining any benefit by using possibly outdated versions of web software?

Because standards are changing and web platforms are constantly being upgraded, in order to stay at the forefront of your target market it is ideal to effectively make the transition to the latest versions. Data Migration makes it simple to transfer content from old to new sites.

Basic Procedure

1. Build pack upgrade (install on www.domain.com.au/new)
   1. Including new abilities/functions/specs
2. Data migration
3. Reformatting
4. SEO pack upgrade
   1. Including new abilities/functions/specs
5. Extension replacements, such as:
   1. Joomla Stats upgrade
   2. Flash Loader (upgrade required)
   3. Custom Google Maps (upgrade to Google My Maps)
6. Resolve any teething issues with new website before approval
7. Approve new website
   1. Delete old or archive website
   2. Transfer new site

A build package is a pre-requisite for a data migration.

Recommended prerequisites

• Build Package
• Transitional Elements
  • May require repurchase
• SEO Package
• Footer Build
• Modules Build

What’s included in Migration?

• Products
• Pages
• Some HTML galleries

What’s included in Migration SEO and Advanced Data?

• Meta-data

For details on build packages see Build

This is the transfer between two Content Management Systems, if the Transfer is between different SERVER, See WEBSITE TRANSFERS here

Supported data migration options include Joomla 1.0.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 2.0.x as well as other content-management systems such as WordPress, DotNetNuke, Magento, and Drupal.Transfer, as opposed to data migration, is the act of picking the website up and putting it somewhere else. If this is what you require, please see Transfer.

When upgrading content management systems, formatting of pages from the old system tends to be lost. Reformatting is needed to make the migrated data presentable again.

Migration of shop data is an essential when upgrading content management systems. This ensures that no client data is lost. This includes migrations such as VirtueMart to WooCommerce.

Migration of features such as community builders, project managers, calendars and forums is required when upgrading content management systems to ensure your website retains the same level of functionality.

SEO and Advanced Migration includes migrating behind-the-scenes meta-titles and features that are populated in places that aren’t migrated in a normal manner, important for search engines which crawl your website. This requires greater technical expertise.

Data migrations move the data across to the new content management system but don’t always transfer across the visual effects. We can tack things on to fix outliers, although outliers can be continually fixed with maintenance. See Maintenance

Alternatively, items can be fixed in a batch process, see Designer Content.

Otherwise, items can be reordered.

Transfer simply refers to transferring the website from one place to another. See, Hosting Transfers > Website Transfers tab for details.